Associate Program Manager III

Syneos Health, Inc.; Gurgaon; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Syneos Health, Inc. in Gurgaon seeks an experienced Medical Affairs Project Manager to drive program delivery and cross‑functional collaboration.

You will build relationships with clients and internal teams, define program visions, and oversee milestones, timelines, and budgets to achieve objectives. You will lead cross‑functional teams, provide executive reporting, and contribute to Medical/Integrated Evidence Plans, applying scientific knowledge and strong PM and communication skills to

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; graduate degree in business or life sciences preferred.
• 3–4 years of experience in pharma or biotech industries.
• Must have Japanese language proficiency.
• Strong project management, presentation, and communication skills.
• Experience with Medical Affairs and Medical/Integrated Evidence Plans.

Responsibilities

• Builds positive working relationships with clients, consulting staff, managers, leadership, and internal support teams.
• Partners with customer in establishing a vision for the program/portfolio initiative as well as the supporting team and their potential.
• Demonstrates strong project management skills through proactive management of responsibilities to ensure objectives, milestones, and timelines are met.
• Provides guidance and oversight to project managers on overall delivery approach.
• Delivers executive reporting across the program/portfolio.
• Partners with franchise leads to establish project management needs, priorities, and expectations across assets.
• Provides direction, guidance, and support to project managers as needed.
• Provides proper status reporting to project sponsors and leaders to ensure visibility of team delivery.
• Establishes consistent performance reporting guidelines/templates across franchises.
• Summarizes complex scientific ideas and data into influential storyboards for business leaders and industry stakeholders.
• Brings scientific/clinical knowledge, business acumen, and project management experience to provide Medical Affairs insights.
• Serves as primary source of project communication and reporting.
• Serves as first point of contact for issues, risks, and dependencies.
• Ensures project is on‑time, in‑scope, within budget, and of high quality.
• Anticipates risks and eliminates obstacles.
• Contributes to medical strategic planning to achieve business outcomes.
• Plans and coordinates activities related to the creation of Medical and Integrated Evidence Plans (IEP).
• Documents, socializes, and facilitates review of Medical/IEPs with stakeholders.

Skills

Japanese language proficiency

Project management

Business acumen

Communication skills

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Graduate degree preferred

Job description

Key Responsibilities

• Builds positive working relationships with clients, consulting staff, managers, leadership, and internal support teams.
• Partners with customer in establishing a vision for the program/portfolio initiative as well as the supporting team and their potential.
• Demonstrates strong project management skills through proactive management of responsibilities to ensure objectives, milestones, and timelines are met.
• Provides guidance and oversight to project managers on overall delivery approach.
• Delivers executive reporting across the program/portfolio.
• Partners with franchise leads to establish project management needs, priorities, and expectations across assets.
• Provides direction, guidance, and support to project managers as needed.
• Provides proper status reporting to project sponsors and leaders to ensure visibility of team delivery.
• Establishes consistent performance reporting guidelines/templates across franchises.
• Summarizes complex scientific ideas and data into influential storyboards for business leaders and industry stakeholders.
• Brings scientific/clinical knowledge, business acumen, and project management experience to provide Medical Affairs insights.
• Serves as primary source of project communication and reporting.
• Serves as first point of contact for issues, risks, and dependencies.
• Ensures project is on‑time, in‑scope, within budget, and of high quality.
• Anticipates risks and eliminates obstacles.
• Contributes to medical strategic planning to achieve business outcomes.
• Plans and coordinates activities related to the creation of Medical and Integrated Evidence Plans (IEP).
• Documents, socializes, and facilitates review of Medical/IEPs with stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Must have Japanese Language Proficiency.
• Bachelor’s degree required; Graduate degree in business or life sciences preferred.
• 3–4 years of experience, preferably in pharma or biotech industries.
• Strong business acumen and project management skills.
• Strong presentation, meeting facilitation, verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience with Medical Affairs and Medical/Integrated Evidence Plans.
• Demonstrated initiative, integrity, and a results‑oriented mindset.
• Ability to collaborate effectively and maintain an action‑oriented work ethic.

Disclaimer: Tasks, duties, and responsibilities as listed in this job description are not exhaustive. The Company, at its sole discretion and with no prior notice, may assign other tasks, duties, and job responsibilities. Equivalent experience, skills, and/or education will also be considered so qualifications of incumbents may differ from those listed in the Job Description. The Company, at its sole discretion, will determine what constitutes as equivalent to the qualifications described above. Further, nothing contained herein should be construed to create an employment contract. Occasionally, required skills/experiences for jobs are expressed in brief terms. Any language contained herein is intended to fully comply with all obligations imposed by the legislation of each country in which it operates, including the implementation of the EU Equality Directive, in relation to the recruitment and employment of its employees. The Company is committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, including the provision of reasonable accommodations, when appropriate, to assist employees or applicants to perform the essential functions of the job.